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Essays biographical and chemical

by: Ramsay, William, 1852-1916

Publication date: 1908

Topics: Chemistry -- History, Scientists, Chemical elements, Radioactivity, Auroras, Universities and colleges

Publisher: London : A. Constable & Co.

Collection: cdl; americana

Digitizing sponsor: MSN

Contributor: University of California Libraries

Language: English

I. Historical essays: The early days of chemistry.- The great London chemists: I. Boyle and Cavendish. II. Davy and Graham.- Joseph Black: his life and works.- Lord Kelvin.- Pierre Eugène Marcellin Berthelot. II. Chemical essays: How discoveries are made.- The Becquerel rays.- What is an element?- On the periodic arrangement of the elements.- Radium and its products.- What is electricity?- The aurora borealis.- The functions of a university. Oration delivered at University College, London, June 6, 1901

Addeddate: 2006-11-28 04:45:46

Call number: srlf_ucla:LAGE-129738

Camera: 5D

Collection-library: srlf_ucla

Copyright-evidence: Evidence reported by james-hixon for item essaysbiographic00ramsiala on November 28, 2006: no visible notice of copyright; stated date is 1908.